Monthly Archives | September 2016

Squirrel Class’ Big Friendly Reading Questionnaire

At the start of this term, we were set the challenge to write a book. A whole book! All by ourselves! We need help to work out what kind of book we should write, so have written a questionnaire for children aged 7-11 about their favourite books, authors and characters. They have been sent to […]

The Big Friendly Measuring Challenge!

This week, we have been working hard on multiplying and dividing by 10, 100 and 1000. Across year five and six, we have been working with decimals and whole numbers, converting between metric measurements and even solving tricky word problems involving all of these skills!   On Thursday, we deepened our skills when we were […]

Roald Dahl Day

On Tuesday 13th September, Squirrel Class came alive with our favourite Roald Dahl characters in celebration of the great man’s 100th birthday. They joined children from all over the world in celebrating Roald Dahl Day! The children looked absolutely incredible in their costumes, from Willy Wonka to Fantastic Mr Fox and a very mean-looking Miss […]

The Wondercrump World of Dahl!

Welcome back to a new school year! This term, our theme is ‘The Wondercrump World of Dahl’ in celebration of Roald Dahl 100; the 100th birthday celebrations of the world’s favourite children’s author!   On the first day of school, the children were greeted by the magical sight of their newly decorated classroom, complete with life-size […]

Happy New (school) Year!

I hope you’ve all had a wonderful Summer- I can see from some of your blogs that you’ve been having lots of fun 🙂 I just wanted to say an enormous Good Luck to the Year Sevens at Cotswold tomorrow- I hope you have a fabulous time! Remember to be yourselves, work hard and have fun! […]

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